![]() Stirring Fecal Samples Placing Gauze Over Paper Cups Straining Sample Through Gauze Straining Sample Through Gauze Residue of Sample, Before Squeezing Out Liquids The result was a darkish brown coloured liquid sitting at the bottom of the cups. Any liquid remaining in the gauze was then squeezed out. The mixture was then strained through a couple of layers from a gauze pad seated over a clean paper cup to filter out as much debris and solid poop as possible. It was then thoroughly stirred with a wooden stick. (Dr Bowes did away with mine, preferring her own way of doing things).Įach sample was tipped into a paper cup with a small amount of water and labeled B (back pen = teenagers) or F (front pen = main flock). All you need are paper cups, water, white sugar, stir sticks and gauze (and of course, the supplies to prepare the slides ready for the microscope) or you can prepare the sample entirely in a fecalizer. That was ideal as this method is accessible to small flock owners. She told me that at the Animal Health Centre where she works they use a centrifuge to do what we would undertake manually. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but her set up with pretty low tech, what she referred to as the frontier method. Dr Bowes has a licensed small flock consulting practice in her home but we set up in her laundry room where there was access to running water. I showed up with my samples in hand and we got right to it. Every species has distinctive characteristics that allow you to differentiate between them. The eggs are more prevalent than adults and when mixed with a special solution they float to the surface for easy collection. The purpose of our investigation was to search through the poop looking for the presence of internal parasites. I finally spotted a couple of fresh one and used the fecalizer, a small plastic storage container, to collect two poops from my main flock and two from the teenagers in an adjacent pen. ![]() I wanted to ensure that I was getting things hot off the press and uncontaminated by soil and organic debris. I went out to visit my flock and no one was cooperating by pooping in front of me. I wasn’t sure what attire was appropriate for such an occasion, but looked forward to nerding out with someone who was equally enthusiastic with all things chicken.ĭr Bowes asked me to bring a couple of fresh (less than 2 hours old) samples. ![]() Her email confirmation came with the subject line ‘poop party’. ![]()
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